. breaking news from the world of base baup ball. yankees' owner, george steinbrenner has died. cleaning up, trees are down blocking streets and power is out after some stormy weather. "news 4 midday" begins right now. good morning. welcome to "news 4 midday." i'm eun yang. thursday, july 13th, 2010. a powerful line of storms could be moving through our region later today.

parts of our area are already clean up the damage. news 4's kimberly suiters is live with chevy chase. good morning, kimberly. >> reporter: it is still shut down between jonesville and connecticut. at least 700 people have lost power. that number dwindled down to about 250. at least one man driving along the road here saw his own life flash before his eyes. an explosion, a crack and a crash. kristin heard all three from her second-story bedroom. >> a huge explosion with a lot more sparks. >> reporter: piccone and her neighbors loss the power but they were far more concerned about the man driving this van. >> the two trees looked like they came down on the power line. when the car was coming, it looked like he didn't see it in time, because it was pitch black. he hit the branch. >> reporter: the driver of this man was making his last delivery

to a local deli when he said i was looking out at the night sky and all he saw was a giant shadow falling in front of him. he slammed on the breaks, managed to get out and told the neighbor nearby as he held his heart. i'm just glad i'm alive. he slept threw most of the rack ked. he says, power dies often. by his count, four times in one year. >> down the trees, four times. >> reporter: oh, the trees have fallen down four times. massive trees fell all over the area, from north military road in arlington, to aptly named branch road in northwest. connecticut and east west highway were dark for a time. then, the road was blocked entirely. how was the traffic coming through here today? >> it wasn't too bad today. until now. >> reporter: those screeching tires right at this closure.

>> 325 minutes. neighbors counted the powerless hours as they passed. at last check, pepco was trying to cut the power in the area up the hill near where the trees are. there are tree removal crews standing by getting ready to take them all out of the road.ñi then, the power company can think about restoring power. taking a live look outside. 76 degrees. soupy skies. looks like more storms were on the way. didn't know how much damage was caused. as you can see from the video, quite a bit. >> sometimes it doesn't take a is he v severe thunderstorm. 30, 40-miles an hour, if they hit the trees just ride, a lot

of times they are diseased and weakened. the wrong amount from the wrong direction sends them toppling. outside on a tuesday, late morning hours, temperatures are climbing slowly but steadily now into the high 70s and low 80s across the area. 82, winchester, virginia. 77, leesburg. 77 buoy, maryland. 80 degrees, annapolis. a look at the radar. not an awful lot going on just yet. a couple of rumbles of thunder on the eastern shore of maryland. those storms are moving away. there are more showers and storms starting to develop across eastern tennessee, eastern kentucky, far western virginia. we have many more dry hours left in front of us. one or two breaks of sunshine can still not be completely ruled out. that will allow temperatures to climb up in the mid-80s. afternoon showers and thunderstorms will become more and more likely. the extra cloud cover may delay the start of the rain and the thunderstorms. anything that does bubble up later today has the chance to

reach severe limits. veronica will be here to keep you posted. let's check out how the mid-day traffic is moving. jerry edwards joins us with the latest. >> good morning, everyone. a lot of detours and folks trying to find their way around with a lot ofñr roads that are closed. we a stretch of new york avenue blocked for a short time just a little while ago. it was a medical emergency just after north capital street. that has traffic jammed up beginning back around blatens burg road. hopefully, with a little more time, barring any complications, things will get back to normal now that the roadway is reopened. let's take a look. 395 northbound crawling again today. construction at the 14th street bridge. delays after the pentagon. eun? thank you. some metro riders are having a tough time getting in and out of the station this morning. none of the escalators at the north end of dupont station is

working and only one up esska lay tore at the south entrance is working. anyone that has made that claim, it is not easy. tracee wilkins talked with frustrated riders. >> reporter: the second day in a row that folks that ride the dupont north are having a difficulty making it up the stairs. some passengers are saying it is taking too long. it is a situation leaving metro passengers breathless. >> it is exhausting. >> reporter: and flat-out frustrated. and metro workers in some cases are getting an earful. >> it is not through. every single day. the metro, not very good. transportation, not very good. metro late. every single day. >> reporter: since monday morning, passengers exiting the dupont circle metro station are finding either one or none of the escalators going up working. it is more than 120 steps to

climb. problems started monday morning and escalated from smoke was seen coming from the evening rush. some passengers posted what it looked like on twitter. as passengers who tried to go up the closed center stairs found a large hole waiting for them at the top. >> we split the two. have you walk up one and walk down the other. it doesn't seem that hard. you can't fix one more than once. >> we should be riding free and they should not charge us for this to have to walk up. yesterday, there were two people and you did nothing about is it. it is utter ridiculous. this is always the way it is. this is not the first time. >> after this morning's rush-hour was over, metro sent out an alert saying all esska l lay tors were out. only one at the south entrance was working. as repairs continue, so does the

frustration. >> we should not have to pay to use dupont circle. this is never going to be fixed. i am tired of paying for no service. >> reporter: they don't have an exact timeline for when the escalators will be repaired but they say they are working on it. metro service has not been interrupted during the outages. montgomery county continues to deal with broken water pipes. a 24-inch water main burst in potomac yesterday afternoon on south glen near norton road. crews closed part of the road to traffic. the city of rockville owns the pipe. so far, no service interruptions or water restrictions. yes, that is the same 24-inch main that ruptured last week. it sent water spewing high into the air for several hours on wednesday. it prompted water restrictions into the weekend. an a topcy will determine in

remains found in fairfax county are rue man. someone made the discovery at around 8:00 last night. they found several items, including what was a human skull. police are asking anyone with information to call them. happening today, a rally regarding d.c.'s child and family services department. union leaders are demanding d.c. mayor adrian fenty to reinstate three social workers that were fired two years ago. fenty ordered the firings of six social workers after the deaths of four young sisters in 2008. yesterday, the public employee relations board upheld an earlier ruling that overturned the firing of three workers. now, union workers say those workers could recover as much as $300,000 in pack pay, restored seniority and full benefits.

the sister's mother is currently serving 120 years behind bars. the d.c. council is getting ready to vote on whether the city will rescue the only hospital east of the anacostia river. they seized the assets of the united medical center formerly known as greater southeast hospital after the private company couldn't keep up with costs. yesterday, a d.c. council erupted in angry exchanges. some accused marian barry of not caring about saving the hospital. >> i think this is serious business. this is east of the river. >> it is serious business. i voted for it. >> if the district takes over running the hospital as ex p expected, it will be the first

time since 2001 that the city has run a hospital. in 2001, a federally run hospital was closed. breaking news out of the sports world. yankees' owner, george steinbrenner, has died. he was rushed to a tampa florida hospital early this morning after suffering a heart attack. steinbrenner is one of the best-known owners in professional sports. the yankees have won seven world series under his ownership, including last year's fall classic. he has been in poor health in recent years and his sons have been running the team since 2007. george steinbrenner was 80 years old. 11:11 is the time. testing the new caps. when bp hopes to know whether that new cap will finally stop the gushing oil. plus, heading to court, the so-called barefoot bandit faces a judge for the first time. the wizards star hits the

oil is still gushing out this morning but there is new hope of finally stopping the flow. a new containment cap is now in place on the leaking well. key tests today could tell us just how well this is going to work. nbc's kristin dahlgren has the story from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: on the floor of the gulf this morning, oil still flowed but this time only seemed to be pouring through vents in

the new capping stack. an 18-foot high, 150,000 pound structure now sitting atop the leaking pipe. those vents will be closed one by one later today as engineers monitor the pressure in the well. >> in essence, they want to confirm that there is only one leak and that is coming up through the pipe. no oil is escaping from other spots in a damaged well. >> reporter: in an conference call, bp explained what it is looking for. >> if we see high pressures, it is a good sign. it actually means that the flow in the oil is fully contained in the existing well. if we see low pressures, then that would indicate that potentially oil is escaping out of the casing at some point. engineers will also be watching for hydrates, the eye so light skris stalls that clogged previous containment systems. >> we have anticipated that risk in the design. until we have successfully completed it, that risk still sits there. >> there is also hope that the cap could soon beholding back

all of the oil. or pump it all to shifts on the surface. today's test will also help determine how to proceed with plugging up the leak from the bottom with relief wells, which remain the one permanent solution. kristin dahlgren, nbc news, venice, louisiana. veterinarians from the national zoo are heading down to the gulf coast. they will oversee the release of wildlife recovering from the oil spill. more than 1,000 oiled birds have been rescued since april. a teenage girl from maryland is recovering after being injured in the world cup bombings in uganda. twin bombings in uganda's capital killed 74 people gathered to watch the world cup finals. >> a second american was among those killed.

she was visiting with her church missionary group. >> she was so happy to be there. she didn't want to leave. she extended her trip a week and had a great time. unfortunately, it is coming to an end like this. >> she was among several americans medevacced to south africa for treatment. the so-called barefoot bandit is expected to make his first court appearance. colston harris moore was captured in the bahamas after a week-long manhunt. harris moore has been on the run for two years, suspected of stealing cars, boats and five airplanes since 2008. interestingly enough, investigators in the bahamas say they are impressed with the 19-year-old. >> quite a stand-up guy. quite a mature young man. understood, obviously, from

where we stood. the realities of the situation that he was in. he handled himself like a young adult. >> police dubbed harris-moore the barefoot bandit, because he is accused of committing some of his crimes without shoes. a rough go for former president george herbert walker bush. he accidentally beached his boat yesterday in main. his 38-foot boat, fidelity four, got caught in a wave and was pushed against the beach. it was eventually pulled back into the water. the former president was not hurt. that fog comes rolling in on the coast of maine and you can go to 100 miles of visibility to where is the front of that boat in no time. >> i bet it is cooler. >> that is not the part of the ocean you want to go swimming in. the water rarely gets above 60, 65 degrees.

better to go to bethany beach or ocean city where the temperature sits in the mid-70s. meanwhile, around here, plenty of clouds outside this morning. a mild start too. temperatures are in the high 70s around town right now. 79 degrees at national airport. it has been a very warm month of july so far. we are at 3.2 degrees warmer than average. as it stands right now. we are already in the top ten for warmest jewels. if we can keep this going here through the end of the month. of course, that will follow the number one warmest june and the second warmest spring ever. march, april, may combined make up the spring months here. that was the second warmest spring ever. it has been really warm ever since the heavy snow back in february. 79, the temperature. due poi dew point, 69. the humidity, 72%. showers and thunderstorms rolled through late last night and early this morning. under .5 inch of rain.

just a skosh above average. 1.25 inches in southern prince george's. a little over 1 inch in baltimore. 0.1 of an inch in hagerstown. temperatures are on their way up. climbing slowly in the high 70s and low 80s. 81, baltimore and annapolis. 77 degrees, culpeper. here is a check of doppler. still, no rain around our area. the morning has been dry. the afternoon is going to start dry. there are chances for rain in our forecast here later on today. much of the central parts of virginia still rainfree at this point in time. you could see moderate to at times heavy rains moving into western west virginia, eastern kentucky, southern parts of high high. that is all part of an upper level low drifting in our direction. the showers and storms that are down to our south and west for now are going to have a pretty

good chance of moving back into the area as we head through the late afternoon and evening hours. i would not stray too far from the umbrella if i were you for the remainder of the day. 79 degrees here. 73, cincinnati, ohio. the dew point, the 70-degree dew point wondering all the way up into parts of the ohio valley. yesterday's storms are gone. the next round of showers and thunderstorms firing up. as a result. we are going to have a very high likelihood, an 80% chance, that you are going to get wet today. there is no such thing as a guarantee in today's forecast. some of our locations may get missed. i think that will be the exception, rather thant rule. a little weather front which has no cold air behind it, a trough of low pressure in the atmosphere. it will keep the thunderstorms going into the late night hours just like they did last night. then, tomorrow, an abundance of heat and humidity around. just back to those isolated to widely-scattered thunderstorms in the forecast for tomorrow. main risk for severe weather today is down to our south and

west. one or two of our storms could reach severe limits. breaks of sunshine will lead to showers and thunderstorms late today. tomorrow, partly sunny. heat back tomorrow. up into the low 90s. doing the drive down to the beach, two good days in front of you. wednesday and thursday both, only a slight chance of a shower. as we will go sooriaring back i the 90s tomorrow. best chance of rain will be late this afternoon through midnight tonight. a scattered chance tomorrow. another isolated chance on saturday. we need all the rain we can get. >> we sure do. >> thank you, chuck. let's check on the mid-day traffic once again. jerry edwards has the latest. >> good morning, eun, good morning everyone. very unusual huge backups on virginia avenue up in montgomery. the construction is inside the beltway, georgia avenue down around 16th street. two of the three inbound lanes

are blocked off. delays beginning to pliers mill road. one ugly trip trying go get to or beyond the capital beltway. the other construction project, which could cost you some time in virginia, 95 northbound up past the prince william parkway. you will lose the left lane. pretty good size backup. also, work zone on the southbound side. it doesn't look too bad in the way of delays. that's how we are doing right now. thank you. 11:23 is your time now. 80 degrees. still ahead on "news 4 midday," why the first lady will answer questions on a live video chat today. plus, hair loss is a problem for men and women. we will look at the causes and treatments and big poppy makes a big statement during baseball's all-star fess fiftietivities. imagine if it were this easy to spot the good guys.

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john wall, bad landing. >> some scary moments for wizards' fans. the first overall draft pick, john wall, hitting the deck hard last night during the team's summer league game against the los angeles clippers. he got up and remained in the game. the eyes of the baseball world are on anaheim,

california, the angeles stadium will host the all-star game tonight. last night was at big night for big poppy. david ortiz won thisçó year's he run derby. the red sox glover hit 11 home runs in the final round. it was his fourth home run derby but the first he had ever won. the first red sox player to win the contest. 11:27 is your time now, 79 degrees. co many could go up in the next half hour, president obama announces a new strategy for combatting hiv and aids. a popular diabetes drug, should it be taken off the market? we'll introduce you to a virginia man who made a huge life change going from big business to behind a church organ. chuck bell with the late testify on appreciate the easy days, are what keep me coming back for more. and the customer says, on the carpet." i'm thinking, what? gonna be difficult. don't tell me about a dog. an exploding crockpot, free-ranging house chickens. call a day's work. ♪ call 1-800-steemer

the long-time owner of the new york yankees, george steinbrenner, has died. a person close to him says he had a heart attack and was taken to a hospital in tampa, florida, where he died this morning.

stein br steinbrenner was 80 years old. oil is still gushing but they plan to close the vents one by one today. they should know within two days how well the system is working. metro riders are still being forced to climb the steps of the dupont circle this morning. all but one "up" escalator and one exit are working. yesterday, the north entrance was shut down after smoke started pouring from the escalator. there is no word on when the problem will be fixed. today, an fda panel is meeting to discuss the popularity of a diabetes drug, this is not the first time they have been asked to decide whether the drug should remain on the market. brian moore has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: avandia, one of the most commonly used drugs for

type ii diabetes goes on trial today. they will decide whether it is safe enough to remain on the market. question about an increased risk of heart attack have remained unanswered for years. dr. steven nissen was the first to raise the alarm. >> for death, stroke, or heart attack, there was a 44% increase in those patients that took avandia. >> reporter: dr. nisen is not just kr just critical of the drug but the food and drug administration. >> the very people that approved the drug in the first place are the one that is have to decide when to take it off the market. >> reporter: back in february, they concluded that the drugmaker knew of the risks. glass so smith kline says it has conducted six trials since 2007 and found avandia does not increase the risk of heart attack, stroke or death. three years ago, they voted 22-1 to keep it on the market but

with stronger warnings. brian moore, nbc news, washington. today, president obama is announcing a new national strategy to fight aids. the plan calls for reducing the rate of h.i.v. by 25% over the next five years and getting treatment to 85% of patients within three months of their diagnosis. according to the cdc, 1.1 million people are hiv positive in the united states. 25% of those people don't know they are inif haffected. at least 3% don't know they have it. >> the first lady will answer questions about her fight against childhood obesity. she launched the new "let's move" website by hosting a live web chat an hour ago. questions were submitted for the first lady in advance via e-mail. she started the "let's move"

with the goal of stopping childhood obesity. good to get exercise. today not the best time to do it outside. >> very humid but by july standards, it's not terribly hot. >> are you going to go out fort run? >> i'm seriously thinking of going out for the run. >> the importance of a nap. you can sleep better tonight. that's what mom said. get yourself warn out. that way, you can sleep better. the bright wide clouds over washington, that's where the clouds are thickest. across the sen an doe after valley and much of central virginia, a lot of breaks. that's allowing temperatures to warm up nicely, winchester, 82, charlottesville, 81. four or five degrees cooler in town. not much in the way of rain around our area just yet.

there are showers back down to our south and west. a few rumbles of thunder entering far southwestern virginia and central western virginia. we will be under the gun for a chance for thunderstorms coming up later on this afternoon. because of all the extra heating going on, we may be able to reach severe limits. we will keep you posted on that. thanks so much. one more check of the mid-day traffic. jerry edwards joins us with the latest. any problems out there still, jerry. >> a lot of construction still. as we take a live look at this hour, 395 northbound. the pentagon is back that way. approaching the 14th street bridge in the three-lane stretch. the far right lane closed off for the continuing construction. right about mid-span at the 14th street bridge. pretty tough go there. let's head over and see how we are doing elsewhere. to the american legion bridge, not bad at all. outer loop, inner loop, right now, between tysons corner and i-270, moving along nicely. >> today, a man is in police

custody after barricading himself in a school bus in prince george's county for several hours. authorities say it started when the man tried to rob a woman at a bank in temple hill. when officers arrived, he fled to a bus lot nearby and barricaded himself in an empty bus. officers were able to stun the man with a taser. he was taken to a hospital for evaluation and questioning. their bus facility just days after a 19-year-old posing as a bus driver, walked on to a lot and drove off in a metro bus. william jackson was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and fleeing an accident after he crashed the bus into a tree. metro will now increase security at their metro bus facilities and begin further checks of person et. bring your camera if you ever visited the capital building but you probably want to leave your marijuana at home. apparently, some people never learn that lesson. a dozen people have been arrested with pot while trying

to enter the capital in the last 18 months. that's according to the hill newspaper. everyone, including visitors, tourists and staff, have to go through a screening process before entering the building. capital police won't say who the offenders are but one source says, most are, in fact, tourists. there are shocking new developments in the kidnapping case of alisa myer. she is the 4-year-old abducted from her front yard in missouri last week. police now say her kidnapper, a convicted sex offender may have also been involved in a murder just two days before taking alyssa. the suspect, paul smith, dropped her off at a car wash 26 hours later. when police found him the next day, he shot and killed himself. this morning on the "today" show, her family talked about how they felt when they learned she was safe. >> we were staying at a friend's house. we didn't want to go home. they told us about 10:30. the fbi and the police

department said she was in a hospital bed. after we walked outside, they wanted to show me something. i was expected the worse. when he showed me the picture of her in the hospital bed, we were smiling. >> the therapist did talk to alisa after she came home. they did not find know sign of tr trauma or abuse. sometimes you have to lose a fortune to realize how lucky you are. one virginia man learned to lesson. nbc jane pauley has a look at his life in a "today" show series called "your life calling today." >> reporter: fining dining, big house, expensive clothes. that was robert rudolph's life. how did you get so good at

spending money? >> i don't know that i figured that out. >> reporter: four years ago, when the real estate bubble burst, he was a mortgage broker, deep in debt. the irony is when you got into business, you got in big trouble? >> this is true. >> reporter: in his family, business stood for financial security. >> we had a business, a hotel, a restaurant. my dad had offered to send me to business school to then take over the family business. well, that wasn't anything that i wanted to do. >> reporter: his dream was to be a church musician. he put himself through school getting a degree in music and then seminary. >> i went on to get my master's in music. >> reporter: but, feeling the pull of the family calling, he drifted into business. riding high in the mortgage industry, until the crash brought him low. >> on one specific day in august, 2006, yet one more mortgage that was, oh, should have been the income for the

second half of the year, fell through. i decided that i was going to do church music if i was going to be poor and not have any money, i might as well do what i've always wanted to do. >> reporter: so he packed his stuff and quit. >> the thing that gave me the freedom is that actually in the middle of this, my dad started getting real sick. it just seemed like i didn't have to justify this anymore. >> reporter: you could be your own man? >> dads can have a heavy influence, even as old as i am, it was still there. >> reporter: while taking care of his terminally ill father, he started looking for the job he had always wanted. >> alleluia! >> reporter: today, robert rudolph is music director at springfield, virginia's messiah methodist church. under his leadership, the music program has doubled in size.

400 people and 14 choirs. there is sort of a marketing aspect to what you do. >> you are absolutely right. >> reporter: and this organ is soon to be replaced by a custom-built organ from europe. robert helped raise the money to buy it. >> well, that is the business side of me. >> reporter: meanwhile, his own spending ways have had to change. >> gosh. >> reporter: his entire apartment is smaller than the master bedroom in his former 5,000 square foot house and the fine collect i believes that once filled a home now fill a book case. it strikes me that you got it right the first time. >> i did get it right the first time. i am really just content. >> that was jane pauley reporting. robert didn't land his dream job

right way. he didn't have any experience in music. so he first accepted a job at a small country church. 11:41 is your time now. 80 degrees. still ahead on "news 4 midday," the u.s. trade deficit widened in may. we'll see how wall street is reacting to the news this morning. hair loss may be more common in women than you think. we will look

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passport fees go up today. it will now cost $130. it used to cost $100. renewing your passport will now cost you $110. visas for foreigners are more expensive now. we now nowhere north tlop grum monds will be placed. they are relocated from the los angeles area. the company expects to move in by next summer. upbeat earnings reports could push stocks higher. let's check in with cnbc's courtney reagan. she joins us live. good morning. >> good morning to you. they are pushing stocks higher. the dow is up about 169 p points right now. we got earnings seasons off to a positive start. we heard from alcoa and csx. both reporting good numbers on improved demand more aluminum and shipping goods. stocks are responding.

asia was a little restrained on move that china won't use property restriction. europe was higher, closed already today. u.s. trade deficit widened to a $42.3 billion in may. that's bigger than expected. the biggest trade deficit since september of 2008. small business optimism dropping sharply last month. the national federation of independent business says the monthly index dropped more than 3 points in june. earnings kicking us off on a good start today. this afternoon, we will hear from intel and yum brands, the parent company of kfc, taco bell and pizza hut. a financial reform bill is edging closer after olympia snowe says she will join fellow republicans to support the measure. harry reid says he will schedule a vote later this week. we are hearing right now it looks like thursday. another black eye for apple.

consumer reports say it can't recommend the iphone 4 until apple fixes the reception problems. covering the lower left corner of your phone with the fingers is resulting in drop calls. apple says it is partly due to a software glitch. consumer reports says it is more about the design. don't worry, just use a strip of ductxd tape. apparently, that fixes everything. back to you. >> when you are spending that much on a phone, you don't want to have to put duct tape ton. >> it takes away the sleepness of the product. if you are really concerned about the fix, you can do it quickly that way. >> courtney reagan, thank you. hair loss is often considered a man's problem but 40% of women experience hair loss by their 40s. dermatologist, dr. cheryl burgess joins us to explain some causes and solutions. that's a pretty high number. i was surprised by that. >> that is very common. it is one of the most

distressing determine tol logic issues that comes in my office on a daily basis. >> what causes it? >> there are a lot of causes for aloe peesh ya. it just means hair loss. some people may come in with breakage. that's not the same. when we talk about hair loss, that's coming out, from the root. probably the most common cause is post-partum or women who just delivered babies. it may kick in only three months after the baby and they are like, where did this come from. >> i went through it three times. i thought my hair was coming out in clumps. it really scared me. >> you see it all over the counter, all over the floor, on your clothing. it frightens a lot of people. there are other medical issues that can cause the hair to fall out. one, that we see commonly, is a scalp iticulitis. a form of irritation.

it is people have intense itching and pain an tenderness in the scalp. it causes you to shed a lot of hair in the same manner as post-partum loss. when you see these type of conditions, they really do need to be worked out. the history, of course, i would have talked to you and you would say, i just had a baby three months ago. my son is three months old. then, i know i can correlate that. some people can go in for surgery and take medications and then three months post that time period have a lot of shedding. it is usually related. >> what can we do about it? for the most part, my hair grew bap, thank goodness? i feel like it is thinner than it was when i was a child. >> the hair will grow back and usually in this situation. however, we do see conditions of hair loss that may continue for months and months. so 6-9 months is not uncommon. it does grow back. we have, usually have to biopsy

the patient to try to determine what enhit is causing the hair loss situation. >> what if it is not growing back? >> with age, we all thin. that is what you are seeing more of the age-related or hereditary top of hair loss. it happens on the top of the scalp with women as it does with men and you are not as dense as you were when you were a teenager. so that's your beautiful time. so enjoy your hair when you are a teenager. >> any topical solutions or medications you can take for women. we have heard for roe gain and that sort of thing for men. >> there is a 2% preparation over the counter, menoxidyl. it kind of blocks the male hormone or androgens that are tlining. we also have androgens.

that's causes those types of max cue lynn zation changes where we thin on the top of our scalps like men do. there are solutions, more solutions for men. they have an oral pill called propicia that they can take that blocks the hormone. it is better to start early on when there is just a little bit of shedding and thinning. you can block and prevent that inevitable balding. >> so any new treatment for male pattern baldness? the age-old question, will there everen ever be a cure in. >> there is nothing in the pipeline right now. you hear about a lot of quackery type of things, solutions and potions and formulas. i think a lot of people are wasting their money on those. they are over-the-counter, they are not fda tested and approved. and, for the most part, i would stay away from those types of products.

right now, currently, fda approved is 2% or 5% manoxidil and propicia for men. >> thanks for joining us this midday. it's now 11:52. many could go up, the best places in our area to live. plus, meteorologist, chuck bell, will be back with another check of your forecast. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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if you live in columbia, you have reasons to be proud. they ranked the howard county communities as the second place to live right behind eden prairie, minnesota, low unemployment, diverse population and an easy commute to baltimore and washington as reasons why it is an idea locale. money magazine looked at the entire country, best schools, public safety, jobs, economic climate, we are the second best place to live. >> it is beautiful here. you have so much history. people are super warm and friendly. for someone like me who has children, it is a great place to raise your kids. >> four other cities made the magazine's top 50. gaithersburg came in at number 25. rockville, maryland, 31. alexandria, vairginia came in a number 47. wendy rieger joins us in the

newsroom with things to come. we will have the first word of any storms on the horizon. we will find out if the new cap is doing the trick to stop the oil flowing into the gulf of mexico. a new twist with the stepmother of the missing 7-year-old from oregon. now, comes word of a sexual relationship she had with a friend of the child's father. we'll hear how these developments could impact this case and then coming up on "news 4 at 5:00," colin jones is making a splash in our area. we are going to tell you how the olympic swimmer is sharing his story about a near drowning in hopes that it will safe others. those stories tonight on news 4 at 4. don't forget the daily connection. jim handly and i will see you at 2:00. final check of our forecast. chuck bell joins us in the studio with the latest on the potential for storms and heat and humidity. no 90-degree weather today.

>> you could turn your air conditioner down. unfortunately, the humidity is high. your fresh bread will mold over immediately. temperatures now, upper 70s and low 80s. radar shows we have a couple more dry hours in front of us. eventually, that cluster of showers and storms out across virginia and west virginia will make their way into our area. breaks of sunshine, especially west of town, plenty of clouds here around the city. temperatures today will stay in the 80s. back into the 90s tomorrow with an outside chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow. back into the mid-90s and dry for thursday and friday. a lot more dry than wet on the weekend. alcohol can make you do some pretty stupid stuff. one awed stralian man will attest to that. he got drunk last night at a bar and was actually kicked out. rather than go home and sleep it off, this genius had the brilliant idea to climb a a fence for a little time with

fatso, an 18-foot salt water crocodile at a park. he tried to wide the animal. the crock codial wasn't amused. it attacked him and cut his leg. the guy is expected to survive. how many things are wrong with this story? >> first of all, you need to know when to stop drinking. >> that does it for "news4 today." tune in to daily connection at 2:00. we will be back tomorrow morning bright and early at 4:30. we hope you will join us then. until then, have a great day!